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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 17h

Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 17h

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

www.nytimes.com

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 13h

Literally nothing coming from the Pentagon, DHS, or DOJ should be considered credible unless backed up by an independent source outside of government. (This, for the record, is a huge problem!)

MFordTheRiver @prynnford.bsky.social · 13h

Of all the things that didn’t happen

Screen shot of ABC article with the headline “cartels issuing bounties up to 50k for hits on ICE and CBP agents, DHS says.”

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Vin Sylvia @vinsylvia.bsky.social · 16h

Trump, who praised extrajudicial killings of alleged drug dealers and traffickers under then-President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte, continues to gleefully trumpet his own administration's extrajudicial killings.

Gift article.

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

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Marc Hurwitz @marchurboston.bsky.social · 17h

Uhhhhh, Gillette Stadium is not in Boston.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Trump on moving World Cup games from Boston: "We could take them away. Your mayor is not good."

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Vin Sylvia @vinsylvia.bsky.social · 17h

Is anyone surprised by this?

Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 18h

Oh hey, check this out. They talk the same way in their private chats as they do on Twitter www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

They also cancelled government data collection about hunger to minimize evidence about their policies

José Sepúlveda @josesepulveda.bsky.social · 1d

ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the 94 million pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the #Trump administration’s cuts to The Emergency Food Assistance Program.

My latest video for @propublica.org.

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Vin Sylvia @vinsylvia.bsky.social · 1d

“With no reporters able to ask questions, it seems the Pentagon leadership will continue to rely on slick social media posts, carefully orchestrated short videos and interviews with partisan commentators and podcasters.”

Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scen...

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Vin Sylvia @vinsylvia.bsky.social · 1d

No, but close.

Kristi Noemar the White House last week: “One of the individuals we arrested recently in Portland was the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa, and we’re hoping as we go after her and prosecute her, we’ll get more and more information about the network.”

Vin Sylvia @vinsylvia.bsky.social · 1d

And it’s only getting worse, with communications oligarchs aligning themselves with the Trump administration and aligning its messaging accordingly.

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

The concentration of wealth in the hands of a few isn't just bad for our economy. It's corrosive to our democracy.

When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, regular people don't have a voice.

The result? The demagoguery and corruption we're seeing now.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

There is absolutely zero chance that a man who took $50,000 in cash in a paper bag from an FBI agent on camera would have been appointed to any position by any other president.

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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 2d

This is a really well done—I hope it catches on: A silent roadside protest staged over the weekend in Westerville, Ohio, and posted to the Facebook page of the Westerville Progressive Alliance.
www.youtube.com/shorts/TpZFS...

Signs of Fascism!

YouTube video by COOLHAND

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Vin Sylvia @vinsylvia.bsky.social · 2d

a man in a suit and tie is laughing while sitting at a table .

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is laughing while sitting at a table .

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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 2d

I have always loved @propublica.org's mission statement. It speaks to method as much as mission, and does not shrink from describling their journalism as a moral undertaking. www.propublica.org/about/

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Vin Sylvia @vinsylvia.bsky.social · 2d

It’s not an either/or proposition. He’s both.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 4d

Motivated by pure malice, Trump's secret police walk up to the Portland Frog and use the breathing vent of his suit to inject pepper spray. That's the kind of miscreants we're dealing with. Their conduct is a third-degree assault, a class C felony, but they expect total impunity.

'Frog' protester recounts being pepper-sprayed at protest outside Portland ICE facility

YouTube video by KATU News

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Vin Sylvia @vinsylvia.bsky.social · 4d

Kudos, MIT. Now let’s see other leading universities follow suit.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 5d

Bill Bramhall, New York Daily News

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Vin Sylvia @vinsylvia.bsky.social · 5d

Brutal sports night for Philadelphia. Phillies eliminated. Eagles fall to the lowly Giants. Flyers lose too.

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Vin Sylvia @vinsylvia.bsky.social · 5d

So glad you’re doing well. We need you around — now more than ever!

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Vin Sylvia @vinsylvia.bsky.social · 5d

This man has done more to advance understanding among people of different nations and cultures, more to encourage civil, informed discussion of complex and controversial issues, more to make the world a better place than the vast majority of politicians.

Rick Steves @ricksteves.bsky.social · 5d

Yes, I am cancer-free. On the first anniversary of my successful robotic prostatectomy surgery, here’s to taxpayer-funded medical research and expertise — and a future, for so many of us, filled with happy travels!

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 5d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 7d

Donald Trump is setting not just the federal government against one of the states, but pitting armed soldiers from one state against the citizens of another. This is an emergency.

And so, an emergency Triad from @jvl.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/emergency-...

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 7d

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 7d

Here’s video of the incident

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 7d

I need Cal Raleigh to hit a second home run directly to this man to see how committed he is to the bit

Brian Floyd @brianmfloyd.bsky.social · 7d

the guy who caught cal raleigh’s homer was wearing a shirt that said dump 61 here and he immediately took it off and had a shirt that said dump 62 here

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Vin Sylvia @vinsylvia.bsky.social · 7d

Convicted felon and adjudicated sexual predator and scam artist who lied about bone spurs to dodge military service criticizes senator who exaggerated his own military record.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

Trump posts that Sen. Blumenthal “should be allowed to speak no longer”

Sanctimonious Richard “Da Nang Dick” Blumenthal, perhaps the biggest “joke” in the United States Senate, is at it again! “Dick” lied until the midpoint of his political career, convincing everyone, in particular the Fake News Media, that he was a great “War Hero” who lived on the precipice of death in the jungles of Vietnam. He would talk about his life in the military in almost every speech, in particular the death defying dangers he faced in his many years “fight for freedom” while in Vietnam. He stated that “the battles were violent and long, but there was no going back” - And then it happened, Blumenthal was found out to be a FRAUD. The soldiers in his so-called “platoon” came forward and said that they had no idea who this guy was. He was revealed, broke down and admitted, tears flowing from his eyes, that he LIED, a Whopper, one that lasted 20 year. This guy shouldn’t even be in the U.S. Senate. It should be investigated, and Justice should be sought. Right now there is a Congressman sitting in prison for lying about his past during a campaign. Well, those lies were nothing compared to those of Richard “Da Nang Dick” Blumenthal, perhaps the greatest phony in the history of the United States Senate. He should be allowed to speak no longer!